Chapter - 358 What Hope is There For Four Women In the Same Boat? (1) (2/2)
”It came from Persia,” Xie Xun answered.
”Correct, correct!” the pointy whisker said, ”I am the 'Liuyun Shi' [flowing/spreading (take your pick) cloud emissary] from the Persian Central Ming Cult. These other two are 'Miaofeng Shi' [wonderful wind emissary] and 'Huiyue Shi' [glorious moon emissary]. We come to the Central Earth ['zhong tu'] from Persia on assignment from the Central Cult Leader.”
Xie Xun and Zhang Wuji were stunned. Zhang Wuji had read Yang Xiao's book, the 'Ming Jiao Liu Chuan Zhong Tu Ji' [A record on the spread of Ming Cult to the Central Earth]; so he knew the Ming Cult came from Persia. He saw these three people were Persian Middle-Easterners, their martial arts were also this good; so they must be telling the truth.
He heard that blonde-moustache Miaofeng Shi say, ”Our Jiaozhu received the news that the Central Earth's Jiaozhu was missing and the disciples were killing each other, the Cult was declining quickly. He ordered Cloud, Wind and Moon, three Emissaries, to reorganize the Cult's affairs. All Cult disciples, from the top to the bottom, must receive our commands without fail.”
Zhang Wuji was delighted, ”The Central Cult Leader has sent his orders; nothing can be better than that,” he thought, ”Now I don't have to bear this heavy responsibility with my superficial experience and cause harm on the important matter.”
He heard Xie Xun say, ”Even though the Central Earth's Ming Cult stemmed from Persia, we have become an independent faction for several hundred years; therefore, we are outside the Persian Central Cult's jurisdiction. The three of you have come from afar to the Central Earth, Xie Xun is very pleased; as for kneeling down and so on, don't you think it is rather unreasonable?”
The pointy whiskered Liuyun Shi struck the two pieces of black tablets in his hands to each other. 'Clang!' The noise was neither those of metals nor jade; it sounded very strange. He said, ”This is the Central Earth's Ming Cult's Sheng Huo Ling; the former Jiaozhu surnamed Shi was unworthy; he lost it to the outsiders, and now we took it back. Seeing the Sheng Huo Ling is like seeing the Jiaozhu; Xie Xun still does not obey orders?”
When Xie Xun joined the Cult, Sheng Huo Ling had been lost quite a long time, so he had never seen it; but he had heard about its divine features, it was also frequently mentioned in the Ming Cult's Holy Scripture. Therefore, listening to this unique sound, he knew that the Sheng Huo Ling in that person's hand was the genuine one. Besides, those three were able to catch and throw Jin Hua Popo away with only one move, which ordinary people would not be able to do; his doubts were gone.
”Subordinate believes what Sire has said,” he said, ”I wonder what instructions do you have for me?”
Liuyun Shi waved his left hand; together with Miaofeng Shi and Huiyue Shi they leaped together. In two jumps they landed by Jin Hua Popo's side. Jin Hua Popo attacked them with some golden flowers; the three Emissaries dodged to the east and swayed to the west; the golden flowers fell to the ground. Huiyue Shi dashed forward with extended finger toward Jin Hua Popo's throat. Jin Hua Popo raised her walking stick to block, followed by a counterattack. Suddenly her body flew up, because her back was grabbed and lifted up by Liuyun Shi and Miaofeng Shi. Huiyue Shi immediately advanced three steps and her palms struck Jin Hua Popo's chest and abdomen three times. The palm strikes were not too heavy, but Jin Hua Popo was immobilized.
Zhang Wuji said in his heart, ”These three's movements were not extraordinary, but the ingenuity of their coordination was matchless. Huiyue Shi attacked from the front to entice the enemy and the other two mysteriously come in and out to capture Jin Hua Popo. Strictly speaking, in term of martial art, each one of them is inferior to Jin Hua Popo. That woman's three palm strikes are not really sealing acupoint technique, but it was cunningly comparable to our Central Earth's sealing acupoint technique.”